I don't think this piece is that bad, and it doesn't sound like he is fighting his department. I think you're right that viewing public pieces like this as "ba

I don't think this piece is that bad, and it doesn't sound like he is fighting his department. I think you're right that viewing public pieces like this as "bad" is generally not helpful to anyone, but there seem to be lot of people in academia who are afraid of pieces like this and initially jump to the interpretation they're a fight or some way of circumventing the existing processes. If this guy is as good as he says he is - then yeah he should be able to find a job, but posting this could make some of that searching harder, or at least cause resistance.